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With more than a dozen new books, several tribute concerts and a slew of slickly remastered video and music sets hitting store shelves, even a capitalist pig can appreciate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. Here’s the cream of the latest crop from Max Yasgur’s farm.

CONCERTS

Bethel Woods Music

Festival, Saturday, 5 p.m.

Catch performances by original Woodstock artists the Levon Helm Band, Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After, Canned Heat, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Mountain (Leslie West is getting married onstage!) and Country Joe McDonald at the original concert site. Tickets: $19.69-$69 at bethelwoodscenter.org

Woodstock opener Richie Havens plays at the intimate venue Saturday. Taboo the Santana Tribute Experience plays Sunday. Soulfarm and the Moshav Band play Monday. City Winery, 155 Varick St. Tickets: $40-$69 at citywinery.com

RECORDINGS

“Woodstock 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur’s Farm” (Rhino, $79.98)

The 77-track, six-CD box set, out Aug. 18, gets the names, dates, times and fidelity just right. Rhino is also releasing remastered CD versions of the original three-album set, “Music From the Original Soundtrack and More: Woodstock” and a CD version of the two-record sequel, “Woodstock Two.”

Ang Lee directs Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch and Eugene Levy in a comedy about a kid who manages his parents’ motel and brings Woodstock to Bethel by loaning his festival permit to organizers. Based on real events.

“Woodstock: Now & Then,” Friday, 9 p.m. on VH1 and VH1 Classic; Aug. 17, 8 p.m. on The History Channel.

The two-hour rock doc is an hour-by-hour retelling of events from concertgoers and key players with the full where-are-they-now treatment.

BOOKS

“The Woodstock Experience”

(Genesis Publications, $533)Organizer Michael Lang’s other project is a limited-edition book (1,000 copies) with unpublished lyrics, rare backstage photos, a hand-drawn festival map and more goodies from Lang’s archive, including an actual unused festival ticket in every copy.

“Back to the Garden: The Story of Woodstock” (Touchstone, $24.99) Pete Fornatale, the popular New York deejay, compiles an oral history of Woodstock with stories from Joan Baez, Sly Stone, the Grateful Dead and more.

“Woodstock: Three Days That Rocked the World” (Sterling, $35)

The day-by-day, act-by-act account from artists, fans and organizers touts itself as the definitive guide. By Mike Evans and Paul Kingsbury, with a foreword by Martin Scorsese.

“Woodstock Vision: The Spirit of a Generation” (Backbeat Books, $35) That’s “vision,” as in the up-close, backstage view before, during and after the festival through the lens of photographer Elliott Landy.

ART

Woodstock 40th Anniversary

Like Landy and Jim Marshall, photographer Burk Uzzle produced dozens of iconic photos from the fest. But he focused on off-stage subjects, capturing the humanity of the event. Through Aug. 20 at Laurence Miller Gallery, 20 W. 57th St., laurencemillergallery.com